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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Nov 02, 1997 Puns and Anagrams
61-Across : Any human in Met "Aida"
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31
| 1 C | 2 A | 3 S | 4 T | 5 L | 6 E | 7 S | | 8 I | 9 D | 10 O | 11 L | 12 S | |
13 A | L | G | E | R | I | A | N | | 14 C | O | R | O | T | 15 S |
16 M | A | R | R | I | A | G | E | 17 P | O | R | T | I | O | N |
18 A | M | I | | 19 O | N | E | L | I | N | E | | 20 T | R | A |
21 T | A | P | 22 S | | 23 A | R | L | E | S | | 24 N | E | A | R |
25 I | N | P | U | 26 T | | 27 L | S | T | | 28 S | E | R | G | E |
29 S | T | A | T | E | 30 L | Y | | 31 A | 32 C | C | U | S | E | S |
| | | 33 U | N | O | | | | 34 E | A | T | | | |
35 S | 36 C | 37 A | R | E | U | 38 P | | 39 C | O | R | R | 40 I | 41 D | 42 A |
43 C | O | M | E | T | | 44 R | 45 A | H | | 46 F | A | C | E | T |
47 O | O | P | S | | 48 M | O | R | E | 49 S | | 50 L | E | F | T |
51 F | L | U | | 52 M | A | N | I | A | C | 53 S | | 54 B | E | E |
55 F | I | L | 56 L | I | N | G | S | T | A | T | 57 I | O | N | S |
58 S | E | L | E | C | T | | 59 T | E | L | E | C | A | S | T |
| 60 S | A | N | K | A | | 61 A | D | A | M | I | T | E | |
© 1997, The New York Times
Across
1
They more or less act as homes :
CASTLES8
13
14
Art of great value or cost :
COROTS16
18
Said Porthos, "What a good friend ___!" :
AMI19
Like a certain leonine joke :
ONELINE20
21
Music heard past bedtime :
TAPS23
Earl's home in France :
ARLES24
Eye ___ 'n' nose 'n' throat :
NEAR25
Suggestions I punt :
INPUT27
Salt without a ship :
LST28
This material sounds swell :
SERGE29
31
What plaintiff does in U.S.C. case :
ACCUSES33
34
35
39
Place for mean or acrid bulls :
CORRIDA43
Joint Shea athlete? :
COMET44
46
Aspect of cafe and tea :
FACET47
'Ula ___ (cockney toys) :
OOPS48
Bauxite, galena and 998 others :
MORES50
It had not felt right :
LEFT51
75% of Gulf illnesses :
FLU52
Zealots involved in a scam :
MANIACS54
55
58
59
It may be viewed as stale, etc. :
TELECAST60
Ask an old Java man about it :
SANKA61
Down
1
2
Sounds like one with a grasp of Latin :
AGRIPPA3
4
T' where in Brazil? :
TRIO5
A nail for a climber :
LIANA6
How, e.g., early zealots act :
EAGERLY7
In 50's, Ness used them in fishing :
SNELLS8
9
10
11
What lazy Eli sort of does :
LOITERS12
It's so great in the attic :
STORAGE13
They're heard at Siam concerts :
AMATIS15
17
It's apt, i.e., to be seen in a museum :
PIETA22
What surgeon in a rut uses :
SUTURES24
26
Two-way principle :
TENET28
Fracas devoid of a muffler :
SCARF30
Who's heard to lead tenant :
LOU32
Head of 182 companies :
CEO35
Switch positions in S.C.? :
SCOFFS36
Workers who murmur falsehoods :
COOLIES37
38
Part of nag, oddly :
PRONG39
Overcharged per head, etc. :
CHEATED40
41
Send fee to lawyer for this :
DEFENSE42
45
48
49
I left Calais with Gia :
SCALA52
"I'm Casey," said he :
MICK53
Dorothy's aunt canonized? :
STEM56
He had taken off handle :
LEN57
I see one here in France :
ICI
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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